Hunting and fishing yield the animal ... Beginning in 1978, Alaska created laws to protect subsistence practices. One law provided that people who use the land for subsistence should have priority ...

Excerpted from The Native People of Alaska by Steve J. Langdon, published by Greatland Graphics, Anchorage, 1978. Used with permission Alaska's indigenous people, who are jointly called Alaska ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Native Village of Chitina (NVC ... integral to the heritage and identity of the Ahtna people, are ...

Bart Eaton’s personal life was as robust as his professional one, which is saying something, as he was an icon in the Alaska ...

These lands are integral to the ways of life for Alaska Native people in the region, who depend on roadless areas for hunting, fishing, gathering traditional medicines and cultural uses. In addition, ...

Dec. 1 (UPI) --Five people are missing after a fishing boat capsized near the tiny southeast Alaskan village of Couverden Point, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday. The 50-foot fishing boat Wind ...

Bottom trawling is an extremely destructive method of fishing, causing severe, long-term damage to the sea-bottom ecosystem ... Walrus and bearded seal, which are key subsistence resources for Alaska ...